One thing to consider is that we really don't know how the mainstream gaming market will respond to any of these products over the next year or two; personally I suspect I know what will happen with the expensive PS3 and XBox 360 but I really don't know what will happen with the Wii. The majority of gamers do not hang out online, do not know how well systems are selling, don't pay close attention to gaming news and really don't know about most of the features of the systems that are available. Most gamers buy their systems when a game (or two) they're interested in comes out for the system and it is at a price they can afford; they find out about the game through advertizing, the mainstream press, and (most importantly) through their friends that are gamers. The Wii's advantage is that (by mid 2008) will be affordable for most gamers, and the larger userbase will have ensured that most gamers will have had an opportunity to try it; the disadvantage is the lower system performance may make it harder to advertize in particular if companies start producing ads on Telivision in HD.
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